10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «FURPHIES»
Discover the use of
furphies in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
furphies and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Inventing Anzac: The Digger and National Mythology
As well as the circumstances in which furphies were generated, also important
was the means by which furphies were transmitted. Researchers have identified '
rumour chains'55 in which individuals with a common interest or concern hear ...
2
Making Science Pay: The Economics of Agricultural R&D Policy
Furphies, Fads, and Facts Certain bad ideas about agricultural R&D have
intuitive appeal; some persist for a long time, others go in and out of fashion. A
number of the furphies and fads in relation to public-sector agricultural R&D
relate to ...
3
APAIS 1994: Australian public affairs information service
... ISSN 0314-898X Nq/994.29005/N0R The Editor Northern Perspective
Northern Territory University P0 Box 41246 Casuarina NT 0811 Notes and
Furphies ISSN 0156-806X N/A820.9/NOT The Treasurer Notes and Furphies
Communication ...
National Library of Australia
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Intellectual Property and Biotechnology: Biological Inventions
(pl.furphies). 1 a false report or rumour. 2 an absurd story. adj. (furphier, furphiest)
absurdly false, unbelievable: that's the furphiest bit of news I ever heard. (
Australian Oxford Paperback Dictionary, 1996)1 In the nineteenth century, patent
law ...
5
A Subject Index to Current Literature
Notes and Furphies ISSN 0156-806X N/A820.9/N0T The Treasurer Notes and
Furphies Communication and Cultural Studies Curtin University Bent ley UA
6102 NTEU Frontline Variant title: Frontline National Tertiary Education Industry
Union ...
Australian Public Affairs Information Service
6
The Soldiers' Press: Trench Journals in the First World War
In the September 1918 edition he wrote an article titled 'Furphies', the Australian
term for rumours. He pointed out that rumours are manufactured and initially
transmitted by individuals with a particular ability for such concoctions. Vennard ...
7
Douglas Stewart: A Bibliography
'Recent Events', Notes And Furphies, 15 (1986), 12. 2786. Dally, J., 'The
Jindyworobaks: Literary Philosophy or Literary Victims?', Australian Studies
Centre, Institute of Commonwealth Studies, University of London, and South
Australian ...
Susan P. Ballyn Jenney, 1996
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Developing and Managing Professional Codes of Ethics: Let ...
Minding the Furphies: "Furphy" is Australian talk for false rumors or outlandish
stories. The ICMA staff receives many complaints that never reach the Committee
on Professional Conduct because they are furphies. Nevertheless, they need to ...
9
Too Much Luck: The Mining Boom and Australia’s Future
... in the most competitive regions we can to maximise returns for our
shareholders. If policy makes Australia less competitive then we will see that
investment move elsewhere.' 76 This raises one of the real furphies in 80 T00
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10
Beyond Adversity: 'U' Company, 15th Battalion : 1941-1942
On 27 JulyDavieswas told that he would be leaving thefollowing day. 'Needless
to say, theusual “furphies” floated around,'he noted, 'andmany ofushadvisions of
a nice NCOs camp in Germany, which ... wasourone objective.
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «FURPHIES»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
furphies is used in the context of the following news items.
Rider told 'furphies': Court
A DISABILITY pensioner sent to jail for telling police “furphies” during an investigation has launched an appeal of his sentence. Joshua Roberts ... «Armidale Express, Jul 15»
Labor backs business, but business backs away
He said a commitment to $1.3 billion of infrastructure spending was “one of the big furphies of this budget”, since most of that was comprised of ... «InDaily, Jun 15»
Russia, WW2: Female snipers are a (deadly) thing. Thirty years …
So if the female snipers didn't exist; if they are, to quote Australian War Memorial historian Ashley Ekins “true furphies”, where did the stories ... «NEWS.com.au, Jun 15»
WE SAY: YouTube not proof of vaccine risks or evil koalas
Type "vaccination" into a search engine and you'll find a whole raft of "20 reasons not to vaccinate your child" and other horror furphies. «The Sunshine Coast Daily, Jun 15»
Schools should teach girls pleasure not shame
It's bigger than the conservative binary of expression we continue to force on young people, which includes the furphies that women use sex to ... «Daily Life, Jun 15»
Drop Judd to VFL? Media reacts to Blues crisis
“They end up telling little furphies here and there and a half-truth there. You protect Mick here and you don't there and it's impossible (to do a ... «Fox Sports, May 15»
Dishonest to resist curbs on spending and oppose higher taxes
Two utterly glaring furphies in this article. Firstly, trying to tax your way to prosperity is like standing in a bucket and lifting yourself up by the ... «The Age, May 15»
Julian O'Neill in Facebook spat with Jack Elsegood over son Ethan
Fulton furphies. Bob Fulton has been accused of having too much influence over the Manly club where he is widely regarded as being their ... «Sydney Morning Herald, May 15»
The offensive Soho Club ad that appeared after Luke Lazarus' rape …
But these are the very basics of rape furphies - that victims are required to behave in a certain way in order to express their opposition. «Daily Life, Apr 15»
Why Joe Hockey must stop treating us like idiots
So how about it Joe? Time to stop treating us as idiots, end the tax cut furphies, and take the political credit for a long over-due reform. «The New Daily, Apr 15»
